| 单词 | esurient |
| 释义 | esurient (once / 369354 pages) adj Esurient means extremely hungry. It would be dangerous to leave your esurient brother in charge of the three dozen cupcakes you baked for a birthday party. Esurient describes someone who's famished or capable of eating an unbelievable amount of food. That's why an esurient group of high school kids might consume an alarming number of pizzas, and a people-eating monster with an esurient glimmer in its eye would make you run the other way. The word implies a greediness that goes beyond mere hunger, and it comes from the Latin root word edere, "to eat." WORD FAMILYesurient: esurience+/esurience: esuriences USAGE EXAMPLES"True!" said Mauleverer; "a religious rogue would have had some bowels for the state of the church esurient." Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, Paul Clifford — Complete(2010) Lowest of all are those whose esurient vanity, acting on a frivolous levity of mind, urges them to make Literature a plaything for display. Lewes, George Henry, The Principles of Success in Litera...(2010) 1adj extremely hungry fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy Syn famished, ravenous, sharp-set, starved hungry feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food 2adj (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous Syn avid, devouring, greedy desirous, wishful having or expressing desire for something 3adj devouring or craving food in great quantities Syn edacious, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish gluttonous given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink |
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